Our View: Courts must lead the way in punishing corruption
It was very difficult to comprehend the thinking behind the supreme court’s decision to hand out a suspended 15-month jail sentence to a public employee found guilty of bribery ...
Australian crypto ownership warrants consumer protection, says regulator
Nearly half of Australian retail investors owned cryptocurrency in late 2021 and more got their information from YouTube videos than from financial advisers, the securities watchdog said on Thursday, calling the ...
Government response to ‘spy van’ affair is ‘unsatisfactory’
Main opposition Akel kept badgering the government on Thursday over the ‘spy van’ affair of 2019 – firing off new questions which it demanded the administration answer.
The controversy surrounding the affair ...
Huge bill discrepancies forces EAC to issue advice to consumers (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Elias Hazou
Amid heightened concern among the public over costly energy, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday issued advice to consumers on what to ...
Armed man tried to breach FBI’s Cincinnati building, authorities say
Police were locked in a standoff on Thursday with an armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier in the day before fleeing and exchanging ...
Police rescue girl aged 8 whose inflatable boat was swept out to sea
Police on Thursday rescued an eight-year-old girl whose inflatable boat had been carried out to sea.
The girl was paddling on the inflatable off a beach in Protaras, when winds ...
Ukraine preparing for ‘tragedy’ at Russian-held nuclear plant – minister
Ukraine’s interior minister said on Thursday that Ukraine had to be ready for any scenario at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that has been hit shelling, including evacuating ...
Twitter to clamp down on ‘misinformation’ ahead of U.S. midterms
Twitter Inc TWTR.N will revive features on the social media site to promote accurate information about the November U.S. midterm election and clamp down on false and misleading ...
‘Phantom candidate’ Christodoulides ducks out of TV debates, accused of ‘hiding’ (Updated)
Almost all the presidential candidates piled on Nicos Christodoulides on Thursday, slamming him for what they called his apparent attempt to dodge the televised debates scheduled for next month, with ...
Defence minister in Israel to discuss bilateral relations
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides met his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, the ongoing cooperation on armaments and the trilateral pact between Cyprus, ...
Dali does not want to be held hostage to row over asphalt plants
Dali Municipality said on Thursday that while it was adamant that two asphalt plants in the area need to be relocated elsewhere, in line with a cabinet decision, it does ...
A summit on everything business and tech
Twenty expert speakers, five panel discussions and one networking event make up the Cyprus Fintech Summit 2022. Hosted at Limassol’s Carob Mills on September 2 the summit invites local and international ...
Wall Street rally lifts Nasdaq 20 per cent from low as inflation fears ebb
Wall Street surged on Wednesday, putting the Nasdaq more than 20 per cent above its June low, after US inflation slowed more than expected in July and raised hopes the Federal ...
Chelsea tailor-made for me, says Sterling
Raheem Sterling said his new club Chelsea feel “tailor-made” for him due to the progress they have made under manager Thomas Tuchel and because going there gives him the chance ...
McDonald’s to start reopening restaurants in Ukraine
McDonald’s said on Thursday it plans on reopening its restaurants in Ukraine over the next few months in an early sign of western businesses returning to the country, even ...
EU chief ‘shares concerns about Turkey’s illegal actions in Varosha’
The president of the EU Commission shares President Nicos Anastasiades’ intense concerns about Turkey’s illegal actions in Varosha, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Thursday.
In a letter replying ...
Russian-backed separatist head says Azov trial to begin this summer
The head of the Russian-backed separatist administration in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Wednesday that a trial of captured personnel from Ukraine’s Azov Regiment would take place ...
‘No-one can stop them’: African migrants aim for Spain’s Canary Islands
Standing in a cemetery of abandoned boats, Mohamed Fane picks a West African franc off the floor and shudders at the traumatic memory of his voyage from Senegal to the ...
Cruising from Cyprus
With horror stories of missing suitcases, huge queues and cancelled flights the thought of taking a cruise from the island is attractive. SARAH COYNE finds her sea legs
With flights ...
Demonstrators protest outside AG’s office over hybrid cat’s death
The Green Party, the Animal Party and other demonstrators gathered outside the attorney-general’s attorney’s office on Thursday to protest the death of the savannah cat Berton who died ...
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ appears in London court charged with terrorism offences
A 38-year-old man who is accused of being a member of an Islamic State cell dubbed The Beatles and who was deported from Turkey this week appeared in a London ...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe
Firefighters flew to France from across Europe to battle a “monster” wildfire raging for a third day near the wine-growing heartland of Bordeaux on Thursday, with no let-up in blistering ...
Satellite pictures show devastation at Russian air base in Crimea
Satellite pictures released on Thursday showed devastation at a Russian air base in Crimea, hit in an attack that suggested Kyiv may have obtained new long-range strike capability with potential ...
Russia says Swiss ‘no longer neutral’, can’t act as go-between with Ukraine
Russia said on Thursday it had turned down a Swiss offer to represent Ukrainian interests in Russia and Moscow’s interests in Ukraine because it no longer considers Switzerland a ...